Cleo Irma Bloomfield September 13, 1925 – June 25, 2019 - Jun. 28, 2019
Published in the Linn County News July 3, 2019 Cleo Irma Bloomfield, age 93, a lifelong resident of Prescott, Kan., passed away late Tuesday, June 25, 2019, at the Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kan. She was born September 13, 1925, in Prescott, the daughter of Karl...[More]
Charles Lee Klempnauer - Jun. 28, 2019
Charles Lee Klempnauer, age 75, of the Tanglewood Lake Community near La Cygne passed away on Sunday, June 23, 2019 at his home. A visitation will be held from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 29, 2019 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, La Cygne Chapel. Graveside service...[More]
LARRY EUGENE AUSTIN - Jun. 28, 2019
Larry Austin, 76, passed June 21, 2019. Visitation is June 29 from 10-11 a.m. with Celebration of Life to follow at D.W. Newcomer’s Sons White Chapel Funeral Home, Gladstone, Mo. Arr: 816-452-8419. www.dwnwhitechapel.com...[More]
Three local players make All State baseball/softball teams - Jun. 26, 2019
The All State baseball and softball teams as chosen by the coaches have recently come out and three local players have made the teams. Senior Gavin Cullor of Prairie View made the All State second team as an outfielder. Cullor also made Pioneer All League second team and was on the 2019...[More]
Four named All American - Jun. 26, 2019
Summer time is time for athletic camps including Linn County’s three spirit squads. Pleasanton and Jayhawk-Linn attended camps at Butler Community College in El Dorado in June. Prairie View will hold an on-site camp July 23-24. According to Coach Tara Allen, she and Coach...[More]
Bully Pulpit - Impeachment - Jun. 26, 2019
We’re hearing a lot from the junior members of the U.S. House of Representatives about wanting to impeach President Donald Trump. I’ve never studied that, though I do remember studying the entire impeachment proceedings of President Richard Nixon due to the Watergate issue in the...[More]
La Cygne to pursue possible sewer rehabilitation project - Jun. 26, 2019
La Cygne’s City Council has given the green light for pursuing the next steps toward a wastewater system rehabilitation/replacement project. A meeting of city representatives and their contracted engineering firm with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the potential project’s...[More]
Budgets main topic of commissioners’ day - Jun. 26, 2019
The County Commissioners held a long meeting Monday morning that dealt mainly with department budgets and approving a resolution to allow the architect to proceed with bidding for the Linn County Law Enforcement and Judicial Center. Budgets began with Sheriff Paul Filla explaining to the commissioners...[More]
Resolution approved, Law Enforcement and Judicial Center bidding begins - Jun. 26, 2019
Carrying a stack of previous Linn County Law Enforcement and Judicial Center and Government Administration Center drawings for new District 2 Commissioner Danny McCullough, Goldberg Group Architects (GGA) president Larry Goldberg said he’d blocked out time to bring McCullough...[More]
Paula Felix McClintock 03-10-1958 to 06-20-2019 - Jun. 24, 2019
Paula Felix McClintock 03-10-1958 to 06-20-2019 Paula Felix McClintock, age 61, Kansas City, Kan., passed away on Thursday, June 20, 2019. Funeral service was scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday, June 28, 2019, at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton, Kan., with burial in the...[More]